The “unpatchable” exploit that makes every current Nintendo Switch hackable
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#2> Nintendo may still be able to detect "hacked" systems when they sign on to Nintendo's servers. The company could then ban those systems from using the Switch's online functions.
So at least one positive then. Nintendo will be forced to improve their online services.
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#3> By sending a bad "length" argument
Not the first system to go down because of a boundary check failure. Though I was hoping for something more spectacular.
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#4Cool!
It's too bad that the cracking scene seems so vain, though. This article presented three groups:
* One which wants to sell 'jailbreak' kits to enable piracy, while keeping the details to themselves.
* One which had planned a related disclosure window amongst the broader community for two days from now, and seems to feel somewhat vocally that this release is very similar to their work.
* One which seems like they might have flaunted that window a bit for the credit.
It's amazing and inspiring what these people manage to accomplish, but it'd be nice to see less stepping on fingers - imagine what might happen if these groups really cooperated! I guess it's a very reputation-driven scene, but still...
Re: The “unpatchable” exploit that makes every current Nintendo Switch hackable
#5Cool! It's too bad that the cracking scene seems so vain, though. This article presented three groups: * One which wants to sell 'jailbreak' kits to enable piracy, while keeping the details to themselves. * One which had planned a related disclosure window amongst the broader community for two days from now, and seems to feel somewhat vocally that this release is very similar to their work. * One which seems like the…
This is just the surface, with personal politics and clashing personalities obscured. The scene is incredibly dramatic and childish.
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#6This doesn't sound like it itself "exploits" anything, just deflates Nintendo's attempted scheme to exploit their customers by booby trapping their hardware.
If you rigged your car to destruct 30 minutes after it went out of cell service, sold it to an unsuspecting buyer, and then laughed when they got stuck in the desert, you'd be rightfully thrown in jail. But yet these companies keep attempting to pull the same shit with impunity.
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#7I believe this has been known for a while, even though it's just now been "made public" as far as the press is concerned. In the meantime, disassembly of OS updates for the Switch imply that they're adding support for a newer version of the Tegra processor, which many speculate to be a silent hardware upgrade on new systems to boost security, not for a new model with speed upgrades.
Re: The “unpatchable” exploit that makes every current Nintendo Switch hackable
#8Cool! It's too bad that the cracking scene seems so vain, though. This article presented three groups: * One which wants to sell 'jailbreak' kits to enable piracy, while keeping the details to themselves. * One which had planned a related disclosure window amongst the broader community for two days from now, and seems to feel somewhat vocally that this release is very similar to their work. * One which seems like the…
This is just the surface, with personal politics and clashing personalities obscured. The scene is incredibly dramatic and childish.
The apex of the scene's pettiness has to be this http://wololo.net/2015/03/18/total-noobs-response-to-latest-...
(tl;dr the custom firmware checks if a certain user is using it, if so it formats their memory card)
Re: The “unpatchable” exploit that makes every current Nintendo Switch hackable
#9Cool! It's too bad that the cracking scene seems so vain, though. This article presented three groups: * One which wants to sell 'jailbreak' kits to enable piracy, while keeping the details to themselves. * One which had planned a related disclosure window amongst the broader community for two days from now, and seems to feel somewhat vocally that this release is very similar to their work. * One which seems like the…
This has always been the case with homebrew/jailbreak scenes, from the PSP to the PS3/PS4, to iOS, etc.
There will always be squabbles among the different people and groups involved with finding exploits or developing jailbreak/"hack" "kits".
Following from that, there will also always be people who want to jailbreak only to pirate games and there will also be groups who want to disclose the exploits properly, or use them purely for research and non-piracy fun purposes.
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#10Switch security is a joke and it's really bad for the players, it means that people can hack online games fairly easily. fyi Microsoft > Sony > Nintendo in term of console security.
Edit: For people who down vote me do you work in security field or just down vote w/o knowledge?